We rented a Ford Escape SUV, which worked very well for us. Comfortable, and just enough room for all our luggage.
The scene at the end of the road in Telluride. From here, it's 4-wheel-drive Jeep unimproved dirt roads of sorts. Fairly large rocks, potholes and twisty turns make it a tiring road to drive.
Picnic by the side of the road, after a long and interesting drive through the national forest in back of the airport - the Last Dollar Road
Picnic, con't
Dad and Marianne in the hot tub at Riverside condos
Gerhard on the balcony above the river
Noch ein mal
The San Miguel River runs the length of town - it's pretty cold as it comes down from the mountains
We
took a tour in a red Pinzgauer up to Imogene Pass, a hard road
to drive. You could see our driver Dave strain and pull the
manual-shift truck up the mountain. He admitted after doing this
(or similar drives) two or three times a day, he gets pretty tired.
The mountains on the way up to Imogene Pass
We stop to examine a falling-down pretty-old abandoned mining building. At one point, a thousand workers lived up here, with families.
Dave explains the finer points of building decay
Fixer-upper
The Pinzgauer is easy to spot in the distance
The mining village had a good view
Apparently the snow only began melting in earnest a few weeks ago
Free-lance hikers (we left the group and scrambled up a hill of scree)
Dad conquers 13,14 feet
The mailstop at the top of the pass
Flowers neighboring snow
Volcanic peak
I am not sure why suddenly, some of the mountains are reddish pink
Gerhard takes a Bud break
Clouds clustered but never turned dark
The view from inside
Bridalveil Falls
The view of Telluride down in the valley, on the drive back down from Imogene Pass
Our friendly condo
The unwatched and unused media center (well, I did turn on NPR in the mornings)
The virtue of jogging, or, at least, the aftermath
Time to pack and drive to Durango ...